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ENTERING THROUGH THE NARROW GATE
It’s easy to live the non-Christian life. In fact, nothing comes more naturally. Every unredeemed human being lives to please the flesh and they do so without having to plan to or think about how to live. Billions of people in every nation of the world live this way. The Bible, in Matthew 7:13-14, puts…
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WALKING IN FREEDOM
On the night before Jesus was betrayed He shared the Passover meal with the disciples and during that meal introduced what has become known as the Lord’s Supper. He broke bread as a symbol of His body that would be broken on the Cross the following day, and He took a cup and said that…
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CONFORMING TO CHRIST….NOT THE WORLD
Have you noticed the pressure lately of conforming to the world? Advertising, our peers, our employers, all want you to act a certain way. News outlets and influencer websites want you to think a certain way…your friends want you to be a certain way. The world has a way of acting, thinking and being and…
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DECLARING & BELIEVING
I’ve often heard people say, “my faith is a private thing.” What that really means is that they don’t want to discuss religion with you. While at first this seems like an innocuous statement, particularly in a society that respects “my space”, it isn’t at all a Biblical sentiment. Nowhere does the Lord give us;…
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FIXING OUR EYES ON JESUS
It has been said that the longer a couple is married they more they start to look like each other. While this is probably an old tale, there is a truth to the principle in the spiritual realm. We really do look spiritually like what we spend our lives focused on. If we spend all…
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DEVOTION
Us people can be so fickle, can’t we? Today’s hot trend, is tomorrow’s “old” news, in a heartbeat. In an age of the 24/7 instant news cycle, we seem to always need something new to consume and “tickle” our fancy…keep us interested. Unlike most of the love in the world, God’s love for us is…
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A HARVEST OF NEW LIVES
The Bible is filled with agricultural themes. As we are approaching spring in the next few weeks, we start to think about planting season and Jesus teaches us a vital Kingdom of God principle in the planting of crops. In John 12:24 he says “I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat is…
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SHOW ME THE RIGHT PATH
In this day of readily available GPS technologies, we have all likely heard stories of people who followed blindly the directions of their navigation system and ended up driving into a farmer’s field or pond. While these techie gadgets are amazing they are far from perfect. It has always been a challenge for people to…
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What Weeds Need Uprooting Today?
On a few occasions this spring my wife and I have rolled up our sleeves and set to work, determined that the pesky, and invasive spring weeds in our backyard would get the “boot”. My wife does an amazing job making our yard beautiful, but her arch enemy….WEEDS, were gaining the upper hand in some…
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HE is Not an “In-App Purchase”
It seems to me that many of us (umm me too I have to admit) allow God’s plan for the future to often excuse us from faithful and sacrificial living now. We permit HIS grace and plan to create a safe zone, where we can sit around and have “spiritual” conversations about what God “might”…
